Project-Based Learning is taking over! Yup, you heard it here first. Schools all over the world are trying this new teaching method that mixes inquiry, exploration and projects into one sweet bundle. I’m sharing why project-based learning is important and why it works. As a thank-you for checking out my blog, you’re getting this epic … Read more
As teachers, we often have the deck stacked against us, or at least feel like we do. Probably the greatest challenge, in my personal opinion is there’s not enough time to teach curriculum and the insane amount of skills that come with the curriculum. Today, I want to share my story of experiencing this. I … Read more
If you’re reading this, you are probably a Quebec teacher. This probably means that you feel overwhelmed and confused by the Quebec curriculum. I too am a Quebec teacher. I have been teaching elementary ELA since 2014. Today I am going to share my tips for creating a Quebec curriculum map. Download my free QEP … Read more
It’s the first week of school, and you have just received your teaching schedule for the year. Either, you have tons of small breaks thrown into your week or one or two big chunks of time. You have promised yourself that this is the year you are going to maximize your planning time to get … Read more
If you are a teacher in Quebec, chances are you are very familiar with the progression of learning elementary document. I recently did a poll on Instagram stories and found that 100% of the Quebec teachers polled will use the progression of learning document over the QEP program document. Since this is such a popular … Read more
I cannot tell you how many times I searched the question “what writing skills do I teach first” into Google. I couldn’t find a single source that would tell me what to start with at the beginning of the school year. This blog post will not tell you what order to teach each writing style … Read more
